Chris Buchignani

Chris Buchignani is president of the board of directors of the Nittany Valley Society.

In Search of Evan Pugh

February 21, 2017Chris Buchignani

Four Penn State presidents have been laid to rest here in Centre County. President Atherton is famously interred right along Pollock Road adjacent to Schwab Auditorium, while Milton Eisenhower […]

Penn State Football Remixes Its Past

Spot 3

January 3, 2017Chris Buchignani

Suffering through a prolonged period of frustration and despair, the Penn State football team faces a do-or-die moment in an early Big Ten contest: Trailing in the fourth quarter and […]

Yule ales add to advent spirit

Spot 3

October 27, 2016Chris Buchignani

Today, it is not unusual to enter a bar and find a laundry list of exotic beers on tap or to hear news of a local brew pub or microbrewery […]

The Penn State-Wisconsin Rivalry That Never Was

Columns

October 13, 2016Chris Buchignani

So what about Wisconsin as a rival for the Nittany Lions? The Badgers, really? Stay with me here. It could have happened, and here's how it almost did.

The Penn State-Wisconsin Rivalry That Never Was

Spot 3

October 3, 2016Chris Buchignani

Recently, I found myself caught in Park Avenue traffic behind a car adorned with an obnoxiously large Ohio State Buckeyes magnet. With merely a glimpse of it, my pulse quickened […]

Nittany Valley Society: Why Learn the Penn State Story?

Community & Entertainment

September 5, 2016Chris Buchignani

To wrap up this series of articles on local efforts to bring history to life, I would like to focus on a project that is a source of great excitement and pride – The Nittany Valley Society’s support for an undergraduate course on Penn State history.